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Isaiah Collier

G · 6′4″ · Current team: Utah Jazz

Regular season · Mar 5, 2026 · UTA 122 @ WAS 112 · Final

Isaiah Collier: season-high 27 points vs Wizards (Mar 5, 2026)

ANSWER

27 PTS · 11-of-18 FG · 1-of-2 3P · 4-of-6 FT · 29:06 MIN

Usual before this game: 11.1 PTS · 8.2 FGA · 25.7 MIN, from 54 regular-season games

Best Game Score of 55 games this season: 23.6 against a usual 10.5 (+13.1)

Season-high 27 points (previous high 25, set on Feb 5, 2026)

SURPRISE SCORE
96Unusual
above usual

No more than 4 in 100 games by players at this level finish this far above their usual.

For a player who plays every game, a game this far above the usual comes about 2 to 4 times a season.

How the score works

Why did Isaiah Collier score 27 points?

In 29:06 against the Wizards on Mar 5, 2026, Isaiah Collier scored 27 points: 11-of-18 from the field (61.1%), 1-of-2 from three, 4-of-6 on free throws (66.7%). Coming in, Collier had averaged 11.1 points on 8.2 shots in 25.7 minutes, from 54 regular-season games. No earlier game this season reached 27 points. This game had the best Game Score of 55 games this season. Collier took 18 shots, 9.8 more than usual. The 61.1% from the field compares with a usual 50.1%. Points by shot type, against the usual: two-pointers 20 (7.3), threes 3 (1.3), free throws 4 (2.5). Minutes: 29:06, against a usual 25.7; Game Score per 36 minutes: 29.2, against a usual 14.7. Collier had 11 assists, against a usual 7.2. At the Wizards, the Jazz won 122-112. The box score records what changed, not why: it holds no injury, matchup or coaching information.

Generated from the box score and this season's game log. How the score works

01

What changed

Collier in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (54 games)Change
Minutes29:0625.7+3.4
Points2711.1+15.9
Shots (FGA) · FG%18 · 61.1%8.2 · 50.1%+9.8 · +11.0
3PA · 3P%1-of-21.6 · 27.3%+0.4
FTA · FT%6 · 66.7%3.4 · 72.0%+2.6 · -5.3
Rebounds32.5+0.5
Assists117.2+3.8
Turnovers32.5+0.5
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 54 games35.219.7+15.5
Game Score per 36 minutes29.214.7+14.5
02

Points by shot type

Twos, threes and free throws: the changes add up to the points change

Points by shot type against the usual line
Shot typeThis gameUsual (54 games)Change
Threes3 (1-of-2)1.3 (0.4-of-1.6)+1.7
Twos20 (10-of-16)7.3 (3.6-of-6.6)+12.7
Free throws4 (4-of-6)2.5 (2.5-of-3.4)+1.5
Total2711.1+15.9
03

Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

23.6 against a usual 10.5 (+13.1)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts+11.3
Rebounds0.0
Assists+2.7
Steals and blocks-1.4
Turnovers and fouls+0.5
Total+13.1
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each of this season's 55 games, oldest first, this game last: 2.9, 6.3, 18, 10, 17.5, 5.6, 0.7, 6.2, 2.6, 11.8, 2, 4.4, 0.5, 15.6, 0, 3.8, 14, 15.3, 15.4, 4.3, 7, 9.1, 3, 10, 14.6, 11.9, 14.3, 3.5, 6.3, 14.6, 8.4, 3.2, 15.4, 5.5, 9, 19.9, -0.5, 17, 13, 12.7, 6.7, 20.4, 23.3, 23.2, 16.5, 12.3, 15.1, 12.9, 19.5, 10.2, 6.3, 18.6, 8.4, 16.4, 23.6

Best Game Score of 55 games this season.

Previous best: 23.3, set on Feb 3, 2026.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Jazz won 122-112 at the Wizards.
  • Previous appearance: Mar 4, 2026, 1 day earlier.
  • No earlier regular-season meetings with the Wizards this season.
06

What this page cannot tell you

The same on every performance page

Limits

Box scores record what happened, not why: no injuries or health, defensive assignments, matchups, coaching decisions or play-by-play.

METHOD

Game Score against the player's own usual line. How rare a gap is comes from NBA regular-season games of 2023-24 and 2024-25, checked on 2025-26.